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Witness

Brejnak Władysław 23.02.1909; Małaszek

Topic

Ostrów region – the pacification of townships and rural areas

Date

1944.08.30-1945.06.23

Location

Mława

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Witness

Zylberberg Chaim Wolf 20.07.1899, Radom

Topic

The Holocaust – the liquidation of the Radom Ghetto

Date

1942.08.04-1942.08.18

Location

German extermination camp of Treblinka Siedlce Treblinka, German extermination camp Treblinka, German extermination camp Radom, Ghetto Glinice Radom, Ghetto Śródmieście, Wałowa Street Radom, Ghetto Śródmieście, Peretza Street (Podwalna Street) Skarżysko-Kamienna

Witness

Południak Marian

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1941-1942.02.05

Location

Tikhoretsk (Russia, Krasnodar Krai)

Witness

Wilczek Stanisław 1898

Topic

In exile – Vologda Oblast

Date

1940.02.10 - 1942.02

Location

Vologda Oblast (Russia)

Witness

Sofroniuk Jan 1899?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.17-1941.09.08

Location

Putyvl (Ukraine), NKVD camp for POWs (Sofronievsky Monastery) Strusów (Ukraine) Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Kamianets-Podilskyi (Ukraine) Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

Witness

Czapliński Jerzy

Topic

In exile – Siberia

Date

1940.02.10- 1942.05.20

Location

Łosośna (Grodno, Belarus) Mołodeczno (now in Belarus) Novosibirsk (Russia, Novosibirsk Oblast) Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) Kvitok (Russia, Irkutsk Oblast, Tayshetsky District)

Witness

Szepelski Stanisław 1900

Topic

In exile – Kostroma Oblast

Date

1940.02.10-1942.02.08

Location

Poldnevitsa (Russia, Kostroma Oblast) Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)

Witness

Nykiel Józef 1906

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.18 - 1941.08.25

Location

Kupcze (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Kozłów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Jaryczów Stary (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Niesłuchów (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Olszanica (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

Witness

Janczulewicz Hieronim 1899

Topic

Across the Baltic States – the fates of the internees

Date

-

Location

Arkhangelsk (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast), transit camp Talitsa (Russia, Ivanovskaya Oblast), NKVD camp for POWs Smolensk (Russia, Smolensk Oblast) Wyłkowyszki (Lithuania), internment camp Kaunas (Lithuania) Pavlishchev Bor (Russia, Smolensk Oblast), Yukhnovo R-43 camp Aleksandrov near Murmansk (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), forced labor camp for POWs Ponoy (Russia, Murmansk Oblast), POW forced labor camp

Witness

Juchniewicz Bolesław

Topic

In exile – Siberia

Date

-

Location

Kvitok (Russia, Irkutsk Oblast, Tayshetsky District)

Witness

-

Topic

Date

-

Location

Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Gryazovets (Russia, Vologda Oblast), NKVD POW camp no 150 Totskoye (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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Witness

Łuksza Franciszek 1924

Topic

In exile – Central Asia

Date

1940.04.13-1942.03.20

Location

Kazakhstan, Pavlodar Oblast Buzuluk (Russia, Orenburg Oblast)

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Witness

Graczyk Władysław 09.04.1923

Topic

The Gulag Archipelago – Central Asia

Date

1941.06.19-1941

Location

Augustów (podlaskie voivodeship), train station, Dworcowa Street 1 Vrevsky (Almazar, Uzbekistan)

Witness

-

Topic

Date

-

Location

Kozelsk (Russia, Kaluga Oblast), NKVD POW camp (Optina Pustyn) Gryazovets (Russia, Vologda Oblast), NKVD POW camp no 150

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Witness

Dziekońska Stefania 1921?

Topic

In exile – Arkhangelsk Oblast

Date

1940.02.10-1942.02.05

Location

Kotlas (Russia, Arkhangelsk Oblast) Borówka (now in Ukraine, Rivne Oblast, Kostopil Region) Kostopol (now in Ukraine), train station Guzar (Uzbekistan)

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Witness

Pawliszyn Eugenia 10.11.1922

Topic

In exile – Komi Republic

Date

1940.02.10-1942.08.16

Location

Dobrowody (now in Ukraine, Ternopil Oblast) Obyachevo (Russia, Komi Republic) Guzar District (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Płonka Teodor 1894

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.19 - 1941.08

Location

Sarnki Dolne (Ukraine) Żytyń Wielki (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Antopol (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Świętosław (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Starobilsk (Ukraine), NKVD POW camp

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Witness

Szwarc Karol 1898?

Topic

The epilogue to September 1939 – Polish soldiers in Soviet captivity

Date

1939.09.20-1941.05

Location

Włodzimierz (Włodzimierz Wołyński, now in Ukraine) Łuck (now in Ukraine) Busk (now in Ukraine), POW forced labor camp Szepetówka (Ukraine) Brody (now in Ukraine) Brody (Ukraine) Guzar (Uzbekistan)

Witness

Muracz Franciszek

Topic

In the inhuman land – enslavement, starvation, disease

Date

1941.06.20 - 1943

Location

-

Witness

Murawski Henryk

Topic

In exile – Central Asia

Date

1940.04 - 1942

Location

Pavlodar (Kazakhstan) Lugovoy (Kazakhstan)